Resourcing – How HR’s Core Competence is Evolving

The world of resourcing is rapidly evolving, with technology innovation, social media and shifting candidate expectations leading to new methods for attracting and assessing candidates. Despite rapid change in this field, the factors that underpin effective recruitment - having a strategy and well defined recruitment process, being clear about individual performance metrics, having robust evidence-driven selection processes, and a strong employer brand remain constant.

key factors influencing recruitment strategies in organisations today, like ‘death of loyalty’, rise in self-employment and entrepreneurship, and the rise of the passive job seeker

Power law distribution and its importance for recruitment profession

how to connect business strategy with resourcing strategy to deliver business results – CRF Strategic Resourcing Model

job analysis – identifying the factors that determine success in a given role and subsequent assessment and selection requirements

employer branding – why it is important and examples of its use for candidate attraction

how the use of emerging technology, like artificial intelligence (AI), bots and social media, is shaping candidate experience

the science of selection and assessment – what skills and characteristics to assess and a high-validity assessment methods

how to improve the practice of resourcing in your organisation.

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